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Senate Roll Call 71, 113th Congress · March 22, 2013

To repeal the tax increase on catastrophic medical expenses created by Obamacare.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

45 yea · 54 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 51 nay
Republican45 yea · 0 nay
Independent0 yea · 3 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 8 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Repealing a tax increase on medical expenses changes tax deductions, not direct health coverage rules.

    Tagged by: keyword:obamacare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Repealing a tax increase cuts taxes.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax increase

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Repealing a tax increase lowers revenue and increases the deficit, representing fiscal expansion.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (45)

Nay (54)

Not voting or present (1)

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